Overview -

..Understanding Gender Identity and Gender Expression

..The Business Case for Transgender Inclusion

..Legal Trends

..Best Practices for Workplace Policies

..Transgender Employee Benefits

..Best Practices for Cultivating an Inclusive Workplace

Understanding Gender Identity and Gender Expression: Key Terms -

..Gender Identity –One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither –how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.

..Gender Expression –External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through behavior, clothing, haircut or voice, and which may or may not conform to socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being either masculine or feminine…